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Two Sisters Fountain is located in a courtyard of Kingswood School at Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Inspired by the helpful attitude of the girls at Kingswood, Fredericks cast the full-scale plaster original before…

Small-scale bronze version of "The Boy and Bear" atop a pedestal.

12 inches high

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…

1958, small-scale refined model, bronze and gilt bronze, 10 1/2 inches.

Presented to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his visit to Detroit for the National Auto Show, October 17, 1963.

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the…

1958, small-scale refined model, bronze and gilt bronze, 10 1/2 inches.

Presented to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his visit to Detroit for the National Auto Show, October 17, 1963.

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the…

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…

Small-scale bronze version of "The Boy and Bear" atop a pedestal.

12 inches high

Small-scale bronze of "The Boy and Bear".

Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.

The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…
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